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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
Apidae
Bombus
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Description
Bombus melanopygus is a stout-bodied, mid-sized bumble bee, with pale yellow hair and black bands between wing bases. It also has black hair across the mid-abdomen. Northern populations, seen from Oregon north, have red-orange second and third abdominal segments (black in Mount Diablo specimens).
Nectar/
Pollen Plants
The Black-tailed Bumble Bee is a flower generalist, but favorites include Ceanothus, lupine, clover and penstemon.
Habits
Nests in tree cavities, piles of wood, underground in rodent burrows, or even in old bird nests.
Season
January - July (rarely as early as December)
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